GreyBird Pilot Academy Reports Record Group Intake as First Ireland Class Starts September 1

Europe – Denmark-headquartered commercial pilot training organisation GreyBird Pilot Academy has started new August 2026 classes across Denmark, Sweden and Finland and will welcome its first Irish cohort on September 1.

• GreyBird said the combined intake represents the highest number of new students it has enrolled at one time.
• GreyBird’s existing network comprises six operating locations across Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Spain: Aarhus, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Helsinki and Córdoba.
• Its current website reports more than 200 aspiring pilots across the academy, while Dublin is being added as a new home and theory base.
• The Dublin model allows students to complete theoretical training in Ireland before undertaking aircraft-based phases at GreyBird’s flight-training bases in Aarhus, Denmark and Córdoba, Spain. The academy uses the same model for students based in its Nordic city locations.
• GreyBird’s commercial pilot programme can be completed on integrated or modular pathways. Its current syllabus includes 75 hours on the single-engine Tecnam P2002JF, 62 hours in the twin-engine P2006T, 25 hours in a P2006T procedure simulator and three hours of UPRT, followed by APS MCC training.
• The academy’s current training platforms include Tecnam P2002JF single-engine aircraft, Tecnam P2006T twins and Bellanca 8KCAB Decathlon aircraft for UPRT, supported by a P2006T FNPT II procedure simulator and an Airbus A320 MCC simulator.
• At AERO Friedrichshafen 2026, GreyBird Aviation Group placed an order for 13 additional Tecnam aircraft, comprising 10 P-Mentors and three P2006T NGs, to support its European expansion and further standardisation of its training fleet.
• AFM previously reported that GreyBird described its fleet as approaching 25 Tecnam aircraft in June 2026 and that its network employed more than 40 flight instructors. The academy subsequently reported its highest-ever monthly production of flying hours and theoretical lessons in June, alongside record interest and enrolment across Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Ireland.

Source: GreyBird Pilot Academy (Kasper Bye Lassen)